Winter venting in very cold climate question

[blucoondawg]

Okay I guess what you said hit the nail on the head, as to why I am banging my head on the wall or said nail.  How do you have ventilation with out a draft? Isnt air flow from out to in and through a draft?  Maybe if I can understand that, then I will know what to do, because at this point I have no clue.  They seem to be doing fine. It is getting near zero or subzero every night, humidity is reading between 70 and 80 most the time.  The go out in the day as long as I have straw on the snow.  They are laying really well.  In fact I am shocked at how much I am getting.  Frostbite on the tips of most single combs, but I dont have frost on the walls, ceiling, only one window, furthest away from them gets a little sometimes.

ventilation high up in the coop is what you want so the air can flow through the coop taking excess moisture with it but not be flowing directly across the roost area. I have open overhangs under my roof so adore flows from back to front at roof level I have windows I can crack to allow more flow but the windows are not near the roosts so they won't cause a draft on the birds

 

[Newchickey]

ventilation high up in the coop is what you want so the air can flow through the coop taking excess moisture with it but not be flowing directly across the roost area. I have open overhangs under my roof so adore flows from back to front at roof level I have windows I can crack to allow more flow but the windows are not near the roosts so they won't cause a draft on the birds

Back to front to me is South to North, roost run along the west wall, 3 feet up, so the vent would be 3 feet above them in the back and 4 feet about them in the front. It will flow above them, is that okay? I just havent figured out how with all the snow and cold to do this. From the inside the ramp and roost are in my way to get a ladder in there. From the outside is a section of their run with an angeled Tin roof, dont think I can stand on it very easy. I lay awake all night trying to figure out what to to. This morning I put burlap over the vet that runs the whole north top edge, someone said to do that to keep snow out but air going through.

 

[blucoondawg]

That sounds fine. Pretty close to how I have mine. I have hardware cloth over my soffits and don't get snow in mine but the opening is in the bottom of the soffit not the side of the wall so that helps. Yes be careful with the steel roofing it is very slippery to be trying to walk on especially when frosty or snowy